Suppose now that two philosophers, McX and I, differ over ontology. Suppose McX maintains there is something which I maintain there is not. McX can, quite consistently with his own point of view, describe our difference of opinion by saying that I refuse to recognize certain entities ... When I try to formulate our difference of opinion, on the other hand, I seem to be in a predicament. I cannot admit that there are some things which McX countenances and I do not, for in admitting that there are such things I should be contradicting my own rejection of them ... This is the old Platonic riddle of nonbeing. Nonbeing must in some sense be, otherwise what is it that there is not? This tangled doctrine might be nicknamed Plato's beard; historically it has proved tough, frequently dulling the edge of Occam’s razor.

W.V.O. Quine

I, on the other hand, am much less conflicted. Army brat, West Point, Army, Professional Engineer, Mobil Oil, Land Developer, Department of State, and finally Homeland Security Test & Evaluation. Held a security clearance for fifty years. Designed and built US Embassy buildings and renovations. In Viet Nam to open the embassy. In Sarajevo to build an explosion resistant building. Been sent to the morgue once. Been given "last rites" a couple times more. Seen much and done more. Now I just want to wander the earth and record some of its beauty and inconsistancy with a camera. A lot of amusing things have happened in life as I have experienced it.